Spy Wars: I can get rewards by being a bully!

Chapter 1114 What's the point of all this effort to gather intelligence?

Lin Mansion.

Wang Zhulin, Zhou Xuejin, and others came to report on the preparations for the Materials Special Committee.

After several months of effort, the special committee has now gained initial control over major commodities such as grain and cotton. Of course, there is still some distance to go before it can control production, but at least controlling the circulation is no longer a problem.

Although there are still many problems, such as the issue of the Japanese requisitioning grain, fortunately, compared to the past, we can now control the flow of grain much better. Even this breakthrough may protect many more people from starving to death due to excessive grain requisition.

Wang Zhulin said, "Master Lin, the biggest obstacle right now is still the issue of requisitioning grain from the troops stationed in various places by the Front Army. The Japanese don't have a top-down logistics system, so most of the grain has to be raised by each unit on its own, which makes it difficult to manage and negotiate. They can demand as much as they want, and some not only want grain but also chickens, ducks, and livestock. It's said that a scholar can't reason with a soldier, but if a scholar encounters the Japanese, he probably won't even dare to speak. We've contacted several divisions, and they are very resistant to having grain under the unified management of the Special Committee. To put it bluntly, it's still a matter of interests."

The Japanese army's logistics are so bad that no one has cleaned up the mess yet. It's not because they can't see it, nor because they don't want to, but because they can't.

In other words, the more dilapidated the logistics system, the more officers preferred it.

Where do all those grains, cloths, cigarettes, and even medicines on the black markets in North China come from?

Not to mention these things, they even dare to sell weapons and ammunition. I heard that there are some guerrilla groups in the Taihang Mountains, all equipped with Japanese weapons!

The Japanese soldiers of today are not the same as the old Japanese soldiers of six or seven years ago who were accurate marksmen and highly disciplined. In the original timeline, the Japanese soldiers in North China became increasingly incompetent. Originally, a single encirclement and suppression campaign could inflict heavy losses on the west. Later, they were not only made fools of by the west, but were even able to launch local counterattacks. Later still, the Japanese soldiers were even unwilling to leave the county towns, relying entirely on the puppet troops to go out and "sweep" the area.

Because only one in ten of those carefully trained veteran Japanese soldiers remained, and many of the elite troops had been sent to small islands to be attacked by American flamethrowers, the remaining soldiers were not all greenhorns, but their combat effectiveness was far inferior to that of the old Japanese soldiers. There were also many child soldiers, such as middle school students, who were sent to North China after only a little training.

This not only leads to a decline in combat effectiveness, but also a decline in cohesion.

The first Japanese soldiers to enter China were mostly organized into combat units based on geographical regions. They were incredibly strong in combat and truly united. Generals and lieutenant generals only listened to their commanding officers. If anyone tried to take back control of logistics at that time, these arrogant and domineering commanders would at least cause some major trouble to make things difficult for you, if not rebel.

It is said that Anami Korechika learned this lesson during the Battle of Xingcheng. He wanted to unify command, but in the end, the division commanders under his command all did their own thing, all wanted to take credit, and ran forward recklessly without listening to orders. In the end, they were surrounded and defeated by Xue Laohu.

They used to be able to act arrogantly because they banded together, but now that there are more young soldiers and the source of soldiers is scattered, they naturally can't band together anymore.

Therefore, it might not be impossible to implement unified logistics management for the North China Area Army at this time!

If the logistics of all units of the North China Area Army were truly unified, the benefits to Lin Ze would be immense!

At that point, who would bother to gather intelligence?

By pulling out the logistics data, it becomes clear which unit went where, which unit began to receive large-scale resupply of weapons and equipment, and all the situations are immediately apparent.

This is something we can do!

"You continue to push forward with the special control of other supplies. As for the matter of the Japanese troops requisitioning grain, I'll go talk to Okamura. Niu San'er, Niu San'er! Arrange a special train, I'm going to Beiping right now!"

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Now, when Lin Ze dispatches a special train, the Pingjin Railway Section, operated by North China Transportation Co., Ltd., will respond immediately. From vehicle preparation to staff preparation, it will take no more than half an hour. Inserting a special train into the already prepared train schedule is a technical task. The railway section will not only send people to send a lead locomotive first, but also send notes to each station along the route to let each station prepare to receive the train. At the same time, it will allow the slower trains ahead to orderly enter the side track to wait for the train.

Under this arrangement, Lin Ze arrived in Beiping that afternoon, making his travel efficiency ahead of its time.

The air in Beiping seemed to be filled with the stench of blood...

It is said that Yu Xuecheng went berserk and later even declared: "If there is even one-tenth of a spy in the Governing Committee!"

Wang Mengqun was also somewhat radicalized by the humiliation he had suffered at the hands of Wu Siyuan and others. He openly shouted a slogan, saying that if loyalty is not absolute, then it is absolutely not loyal. As for who this loyalty was directed at, he did not say, but everyone knew the answer.

This purge quickly spread from the Governing Committee to other government offices. Traitors of all ranks in Beiping suffered, with blood flowing like rivers. It is said that some traitors could not bear it any longer and ran to the Special Service Department to complain: "We are traitors! When the imperial army entered North China, we were the ones who led the way. Now Lin Ze is massacring traitors. Isn't he opposing the empire? He is the biggest rebel!"

These people didn't even get inside the Special Service Department; they were arrested by officers and sent to Yu Xuecheng.

Are you kidding me? Master Lin is a walking, automatic voucher dispenser for the Six Nations Hotel. Since it's Master Lin who wants to kill you, you'd better look for the reasons within yourselves.

After getting off the train at Zhengyangmen, Lin Ze boarded a bulletproof car and headed straight for the Army Headquarters.

Ignoring the long line of people waiting to be received by Okamura, Lin Ze went straight into Okamura's office.

When he saw him arrive, Okamura was very happy. "Lin-kun, what brings you here? That's the only downside of you going to Tianjin. Sometimes when I want to talk to you, I can't find you."

Lin Ze sat down on the sofa, and Okamura came over, bringing over his cigar tray and handing Lin Ze a cigar. "Try it, it's from Luzon. The Empire's army is suffering defeat after defeat in the Pacific. Since the defeat at Midway, they suffered another crushing defeat at Guadalcanal. They'll probably have to retreat to the western Pacific and use the island chain to confront the Americans. But a standoff isn't bad. As long as they can stabilize the situation, the headquarters can then free up its resources to deal with the situation on land."

This shows the Japanese's shortsightedness.

They believed that as long as they held their islands, they could live in peace, and as long as they could protect the Western Pacific, the United States would not pose a threat to their homeland.

In fact, the US will soon develop the "leapfrog" tactic, using absolute air superiority to launch targeted breakthroughs on certain islands. Only then will the Japanese truly be afraid, knowing that their doom is approaching.